- I’ll buy used, so don’t want latest and greatest. It won’t be my main laptop.
- to run linux obviously.
- good battery life, light, not too small to use, but large enough to type on (obviously can do without numeric keypad). not too fragile!
- I’ll be doing some light python work, perhaps some c/c++ but I’m not after a workhorse, just something for quickly fixing bugs, or making notes on
- sub 200 GBP / 250USD I guess
I’d be interested in hearing recommendations, and also what to avoid!
A Chromebook?
I really want to avoid the whole google thing.
You can rip out ChromeOS and install Linux, good if you’ve already got an old EoL Chromebook but I’m not sure if it’s worth actually buying one for it
If you’re buying used you’re not directly funding Google.
…no